GWU baseball earns 2nd straight win vs. William & Mary

Andrew Barnett

By Special to The Star

Published: Friday, May 9, 2014 at 06:04 PM.

BOILING SPRINGS — Andrew Barnett struck out 13 batters in seven innings and Gardner-Webb held on for a 4-3 baseball win against William & Mary on Friday night at John Henry Moss Stadium/Bill Masters Field.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs (22-26) scored two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to take a 4-0 lead, but William & Mary (30-17) struck for three runs in the eighth — before closer Brad Haymes came on to strand the tying run at third in each of the last two innings.

Barnett picked up where teammate Matt Fraudin finished the night before, striking out 10 batters through his first five innings. William & Mary’s John Sheehan kept GWU off the scoreboard as well during that stretch.

Both starting pitchers worked out of potential scoring situations in the middle innings.Gardner-Webb’s Tyler Best drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Scott Coleman hammered a double off the fence in left-center two pitches later, driving in Best all the way from first for a 1-0 lead.

A leadoff single by Ryan Hodge in the seventh put Gardner-Webb back in business and, after a sacrifice bunt from Henry Rundio, JJ Nazzaro ripped a triple off the fence in right-center to make it 3-0. Nazzaro pulled off a steal of home with two outs — when Coleman stayed alive in a run down between first and second long enough for the speedy outfielder to cross the plate — pushing Gardner-Webb’s lead to 4-0.

William & Mary finally scored three runs in the eighth, highlighted by a pinch-hit double from Devin White and a two-run double from Charley Gould, to cut it to a one-run game.

Haymes stranded a runner at third when he struck out Kevin Nutter to finish the game.

Barnett (5-3) picked up the win, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk. Haymes fanned two in 1 1/3 innings of relief for his fourth save of the season.

The teams wrap up the three-game series at 2 p.m. Saturday on GWU’s Senior Day.

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BOILING SPRINGS — Andrew Barnett struck out 13 batters in seven innings and Gardner-Webb held on for a 4-3 baseball win against William & Mary on Friday night at John Henry Moss Stadium/Bill Masters Field.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs (22-26) scored two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to take a 4-0 lead, but William & Mary (30-17) struck for three runs in the eighth — before closer Brad Haymes came on to strand the tying run at third in each of the last two innings.

Barnett picked up where teammate Matt Fraudin finished the night before, striking out 10 batters through his first five innings. William & Mary’s John Sheehan kept GWU off the scoreboard as well during that stretch.

Both starting pitchers worked out of potential scoring situations in the middle innings.Gardner-Webb’s Tyler Best drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Scott Coleman hammered a double off the fence in left-center two pitches later, driving in Best all the way from first for a 1-0 lead.

A leadoff single by Ryan Hodge in the seventh put Gardner-Webb back in business and, after a sacrifice bunt from Henry Rundio, JJ Nazzaro ripped a triple off the fence in right-center to make it 3-0. Nazzaro pulled off a steal of home with two outs — when Coleman stayed alive in a run down between first and second long enough for the speedy outfielder to cross the plate — pushing Gardner-Webb’s lead to 4-0.

William & Mary finally scored three runs in the eighth, highlighted by a pinch-hit double from Devin White and a two-run double from Charley Gould, to cut it to a one-run game.

Haymes stranded a runner at third when he struck out Kevin Nutter to finish the game.

Barnett (5-3) picked up the win, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk. Haymes fanned two in 1 1/3 innings of relief for his fourth save of the season.

The teams wrap up the three-game series at 2 p.m. Saturday on GWU’s Senior Day.